Performing Arts
Seun Kuti & Egypt’80
Seun Kuti has the grace, the energy and the fury of his father Fela.
With the egypt 80 musicians, Fela’s legendary group, he gives a new life to the original incarnation of Afro beat. Nothing’s missing: gesture, phrase, soundness of brass, matchless groove of africa’s voices and drums.
Amazingly mat...
Shame (Pocket Parties)
We don’t know much about them, except that they embody the new British Indie rock scene. With their name setting the tone and their clean-cut appearance, on paper the London quintet seems like a contradiction.
Live, however, there’s no doubt: these young men (their average age is under 20) are th...
Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar: Love Chapter 2
The second part of the cycle, after OCD Love, Love Chapter2, sees Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar continuing their exploration into loneliness today and its corollary, lack of connection.
“If OCD Love was dark, this will be even darker. And if this new creation were to be immersed in the water of OCD Love...
Si je t’attrape je te mort ! (If I Catch You I’ll Kill You)
On the verge of “romantic implosion”, they have drawn a line down the middle of their apartment and are trading insults and mean tricks in order to make each other crack.
Into the midst of this battlefield walks death: clumsy, sensitive and unexpectedly funny!
Real false revelations, misunderstandin...
SÖNDÖRGO – Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
These young musicians from Szentendre, a small village near Budapest in which Serbs are in the minority, are part of a new generation of virtuoso groups.
It’s a family affair: following in the footsteps of their fathers and uncles, cousins David and Aaron, accompanied by their faithful double b...
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
This 12-piece orchestra, created in 2000 by the Puerto Rican pianist Oscar Hernandez, has given itself the mission of perpetuating the musical legacy of salsa, as it was performed in Manhattan’s Spanish Harlem, where many Puerto Rican emigrants have lived since the 1930s.
The group has won three Gra...
Stories of Hip-Hop
Portraits of dancers and artists take us on a journey through the hip-hop of yesterday and today, and tell us about the evolution of an urban dance style that’s become an art in itself.
Forty years after its invention in the Bronx lowlands, hip-hop is filling theatres big and small in France. Festi...
The 25TH International Circus Festival of Massy
The International Circus Festival of Massy is known to mix traditional and modern acts and attracts artists from all over the world, who perform before an international Jury composed of circus professionals.
Bears, tigers, panthers, leopards, dogs, monkeys, horses, miming clowns, acrobats, dancers, ...
The Commune of Paris and Jazz
The Commune of Paris (1871) was all about Resistance and Revolution, just like Jazz.
Jazz and the Commune, a great political, tragic and lyrical adventure, with its characters and heroes, are brought together here in the form of a hybrid, mixed-race opera, in which slam holds a dialogue with song or...
The Freres Brothers Band: Morning, Noon, and Night
Since 1997, the Frères Brothers musical group has performed over 1,700 times. They have performed in various locations , including at the Festival du Chainon Manquant, Avignon-off, Coup de Coeur Francophone in Québec, the Olympia, Les Musicales de Bastia, Le Mans Cité Chansons, as well as at numero...
